Match Thread | Southampton vs Man City (11/01/23)

[Lancet Fluke]

Saturday is far more important

I hope he’s not tempted to bring on de Bruyne, Rodri or Haaland. Just give this lot a proper bollocking and at least get them winning some of their battles.

 

[I'm Blue]

It’s not that we’ve been outplayed by an outstanding Southampton side.
We’ve been out worked cos we’ve become very lazy.
We don’t play with energy.
We’ve don’t play at a high tempo.
We don’t move into space.
We don’t press.
Any tactics from Pep will not work when the players do not work hard.
They all need a bollocking and a kick up the arse cos this is fucking appalling and that’s the season, not the game.

 

[oddfellows]

Save the big guns. Throw the fucking tie. We have bigger fish to fry this year. Not worth risking Saturday for.

Don't need the extra games either

 

[Tricky_Trev]

We have too many shit shows in us to catch Arsenal.

 

[Saddleworth2]

It takes real effort for eleven elite professionals to perform as badly as that for 45 minutes.

 

[Eds]

Learnt a lot this half. Cancelo has forgotten what a football is. Walker isn’t a centre back and Sergio isn’t good enough. Palmer needs to curb his off field activities, Kalvin is a long way from being a starter. Horrendous half not helped by Southampton’s willingness to press, ref allowing them to kick us without fear of a card, the pitch looking like a rugby match was played on it this afternoon and the players not looking arsed.

 

[christened at st marks]

He will never admit he's fucked up, Walker to RB, Cancelo LB, Akanji on, Gomez off for good

 

[simon23]

to a man baring Alvarez who has been completed isolated the rest of them should be ashamed of that first half performance......stinks of arrogance

 

[nellyonthewing]

He's a major frustration for me. I think he's super talented and could be a great for us. potentially Foden level.

But he's just not doing it. Seems like he's put too much pressure in himself, snatching at things.

He’s clearly been told to just recycle the ball back and stay out wide .Pep gives skilful players the graveyard shift time and again . A waste of talent Did it with Jesus ,Mahrez and Sterling until they just stop performing.

 

[Beanhead]

Foden needs to sort his head out. Been crap for a while.. hasn’t been consistently good for ages now.